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BELGIUM

A Worldly Art

Mariet Westermann

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Eric Newby

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

Classic tales by the inimitable Eric Newby, the British gentleman explorer and hilarious master of understatement, in handsome new editions by Lonely Planet.

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 255 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Newby wrote a string of memorable books about his adventures, often on a bicycle, but sometimes by foot or train, usually with his wife. This classic is a superb example of the misguided lark: a comically ill-prepared jaunt in the Naristan mountains of northeastern Afghanistan. "People like it," he explained, "when things go wrong." (CAS32, $14.99)

Love and War in the Apennines

Love and War in the Apennines

by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

This unassuming memoir of remarkable wartime adventures in German-occupied WWII Italy is perhaps Newby's best book. Escaping a POW camp, he takes refuge with Italian families who hide him from advancing German forces. It's here that he meets Wanda, the love of his life. They marry in 1946. (ITL171, $14.99)

A Small Place In Italy

A Small Place In Italy

by Eric Newby

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Naturally, the Newbys return to Italy. In this warm tale of 25 splendid years at their farm in northwest Tuscany, their house I Castagni plays as much a role (it was a ruin) as the uproarious Newby, the unflappable Wanda and their many eccentric neighbors. (ITL111, $14.99)

The Last Grain Race

The Last Grain Race

by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Also back in print is young Newby's thrilling account of his stint as an ordinary seaman aboard the Moshulu on the last grain race from Europe to Australia, by way of Cape Horn, in 1938. The largest four-masted sailing ship afloat, the Moshulu today operates as a restaurant in Philadelphia. (TVL459, $14.99)

A Merry Dance Around the World

A Merry Dance Around the World

by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Covering everything from the birth of Eric Newby in 1919 at the 'ghastly hour' of 3.45am, to Herculean cycling escapades in his seventies through the wiles of the Irish winter, this is an astonishing catalogue of disasters and misunderstandings. (TVL525, $18.95)

 
On the Shores of the Mediterranean

On the Shores of the Mediterranean


by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A sparkling observer and famously entertaining, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in this merry classic account of travels to North Africa, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem. (MED25, $18.95)

Round Ireland in Low Gear

Round Ireland in Low Gear


by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

This time much closer to home and on a bicycle, in the winter, Newby applies his wit on his neighbors on the Emerald Isle, the perfect opportunity to comment on ancient history, hermits and the lack of dry accommodations. (IRE29, $18.95)

Slowly Down the Ganges

Slowly Down the Ganges


by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

In 1963, the author and his wife set out an a 1,200-mile voyage down the Ganges River. The title could apply as easily to the ruminative attitude Newby takes towards his journey as to the many mishaps which bedevil the quest. (IDA179, $18.95)

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